How to Convert KML to CSV for Excel and Google Sheets
A practical guide to exporting KML placemarks into clean spreadsheet rows for Excel, Google Sheets, reporting, and data workflows.
Upload a local KML file to a KML-to-CSV converter, extract one row per Placemark, review the coordinate and attribute columns, and download a UTF-8 CSV. Keep the original KML because CSV cannot preserve map styles, folders, tours, or 3D assets.
KML to CSV Converter
Export KML placemarks, coordinates, descriptions, and geometry data as a spreadsheet-ready CSV.
Which Columns Should a KML CSV Include?
A useful export includes name, geometry_type, longitude, latitude, altitude, description, and a complete coordinates column. Point features use the separate coordinate columns directly; lines and polygons need the complete coordinate sequence so their geometry is not silently discarded.
Open the CSV in Excel or Google Sheets
Download a UTF-8 comma-separated file, open it in your spreadsheet application, and confirm that coordinates remain numeric and that long descriptions are quoted correctly. Use filters and sorting for names, geometry types, or attributes, then keep the source KML as the authoritative visual file.
What CSV Cannot Preserve
CSV is a table, not a full map format. KML styles, folders, camera views, tours, image overlays, 3D models, and remote NetworkLinks do not map cleanly to rows and columns.
Choose GeoJSON when geometry must remain web-ready; choose CSV when attribute analysis and spreadsheet workflows are the priority.
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Yes. The KML to CSV Converter creates a quoted UTF-8 CSV suitable for Excel and Google Sheets.
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